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My dad did all his own developing and printing when I was a kid, memories of having to sit and keep film agitated in the developing tank & spending time in his darkroom with him.Gotta admit, our phones these days are very capable of taking excellent photos, and you can now buy zoom attachments for them as well. Also easier to manipulate digital pics as well rather than the old ways of playing about in the darkroom. Used to love developing my film and printing them, but alas, times have changed.
Pity the fast lenses these days cost a fortune. Sigma and tamron can be had for pennies for 35mm but not our dslr’s
I went on to do my own B&W (print) developing. It is such a rewarding experience. Going through the process of selecting the image in negative, exposing the paper, dodging, burning etc and slowly watching that picture revealing itself for the first time (if you did everything properly). None of this instant gratification that the youngsters need today.
Reminds me a bit of the enjoyment of going to a record shop to find a new album. Or, sitting at home or a friends house flipping through plies of record albums and playing your favourite tracks or trying something new that someone else selected.
There is some kind of added reward in having to make a little time & effort to enjoy something.